Four Books of Leon Battista Alberti, "On the Family" is considered a masterpiece of Italian literature of the Renaissance and a kind of manifesto of humanistic culture. This is one of the earliest and best examples Renaissance dialogue XV century. For a time forgotten, they were It was first published in Italy only in the middle of the XIX century. and acquired a large known among scientists and the work as a textbook for schools, illustrating the idea of the Renaissance family, housekeeping, child rearing, on the principle of social (friendship), a contest of valor and fortune. In Russia, LB Alberti well known and studied for a long time: translated his fundamental work "On Architecture" and other Latin writings about art. A full translation of the "Book of the family" in Russian is published for the first time.
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